The Role
We are recruiting for a Consultant to join the team to work on projects across the whole portfolio.
As a Consultant, you will contribute to the successful delivery and management of MEL projects across the portfolio through providing technical and project management inputs. You will also contribute to business development activities and bid writing; and, where possible, share learning through knowledge products and external conferences and events, being a part of maintaining our excellent reputation with our clients.
The core technical strengths of all our consultants are focused around four key are:
Evidence Advocate: generating robust evidence and using this to support clients and shape global debates;
Change Agent: supporting clients in reflecting, learning and managing change;
Project Manager: contributing to and building high-performing project teams that deliver quality and commercial targets;
Trusted Advisor: building long term relationships with clients and partners that add value and deliver commercial success.
The Candidate
We are looking for a candidate with experience in providing technical inputs into evaluation and/or MEL projects in FCAS contexts. You will have experience in at least one of the following: conflict prevention; peacebuilding; security and justice; stabilisation; serious and organised crime; women, peace and security; and preventing violent extremism, humanitarian assistance and migration. You will also, preferably, have experience in project management as well as experience in business development and contributing to writing and winning proposals.
You will have experience in applying a range of tools and techniques in a structured and systematic way to produce evidence-based findings
You will have experience in managing projects and teams and to deliver to high-quality standards; you will also have strong commercial project management skills.
You will be skilled in building trust-based relationships with clients, as well as contributing to the development of winning proposals.